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Sonny Fortune

Born: May 19, 1939 in Philadelphia, PA

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Genre: Jazz

Styles: Post-Bop, Free Jazz, Fusion, Modal Music, Progressive Jazz

Biography: Sonny Fortune has continued to grow with time and in the mid-'90s, he was in prime form. Fortune started his career playing in R&B groups in Philadelphia. He moved to New York in 1967 where he worked with Elvin Jones, Mongo Santamaria (1967-1970), and McCoy Tyner (1971-1973 and occasionally since). After ...Read full biography

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Four in One

Released: 1993

Label: Blue Note

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After years of erratic albums (other than two obscure efforts for the European Konnex label), altoist Sonny Fortune finally made a great recording with this release. Most selections feature Fortune (who ...Read full review

Great Friends

Released: 2003

Label: Evidence

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Great Friends is an artifact. Recorded on July 7, 1986, at Sysmo Studio in Paris, it is the only recorded output of the aggregation that included alto saxophonist Sonny Fortune, tenor saxophonist Billy ...Read full review

More Sonny Fortune albums: Main Albums (18), Compilations (1)

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